Psychology

In this webquest on is going to research the topic of child development in psychology. I am going to provide a list of theorists and links that provide a hefty amount of information about each person. Then one will decide which theory they would want to raise their children by.

You will need to pick from the below theorists and read through their theories, each have contributed to the understanding of how children develop.

• Jean Piaget and the Development of Thought
• Lawrence Kohlberg's Stage Theory
• Mary Ainsworth and Attachment Theory
• Erik Erikson's Stages of Personal Identity Development

Here is the list of links of the different child development theorists and their theories.

Piaget:

http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/piaget.htm

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/piaget.html

Kohlberg:

http://faculty.plts.edu/gpence/html/kohlberg.htm

http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2150/Kohlberg-Lawrence-1927-1987.html

Ainsworth:

http://psychology.cse.edu/DuarteEdwardsMendoza%20AinsworthAttachment%202006/JoselineCurlin.htm

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3634664472704568591

Erikson:

http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/erikson.htm

http://www.learningplaceonline.com/stages/organize/Erikson.htm

Which theory do you think you would raise your child by? Please write an essay about which theorists you think has the best theory to raising children, which theory you would raise your own by and why.

This is how you would be graded...